America Ferrera
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While Ferrera was in the headlines last year for her nomination for the Academy Award for “Barbie”, the veteran in the industry began her career more than 20 years ago, as she appeared in projects such as “Real Women Have Curves”, “The Sisterhood of the Travel Pants”, “Ugly Betty” and “Superstore”.
In 2007, she made history as the first Latina to win the Emmy Primetime Award for the leading actress in a comedy series for her role in Betty Suarez in “Ugly Petty”. E! news I mentioned. In the same year, she also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in the TV Series – Music or Comedy and SAG Award.
During which Golden Globe speechFerrera said, “Thank you for the foreign Hollywood printing press for its awareness of the show and this character, which really brings a new face to television and such a beautiful message about the beauty that lies in deeper than we see.”
Ferrara was vocal about diversity, or her absence, in industry throughout her career. In an interview 2024 with New York Times She said that she is not happy to be the only Latin to win the Emmy Award in a leading category and that she hopes that Latinians can get more opportunities throughout the industry.
She said: “There are a lot of transactions in terms of examining boxes to demand diversity.”
She added, starring “Barbie”, one of the most exciting things for me about the movie, as a Latin woman, who is invited to be part of something adventurous, enjoyable and enjoyable. Gloria is Latina, but being Latina was not caused by this story. “
